Device for transporting and emptying bath-tubs.



PATENTED DEC. 22, 1903.

.J. .0. R, MARCH. DEVICE FOR IRANSPORTING AND EMPTYING BATH TUBS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1903. Q

2 sums-$112211 N0 MODEL.

WI NESS J. 0. R. MARCH.

PATENTED DEC. 22, 1903.

DEVIGEVPOR TRANSPORTING AND EMPT YING BATH TUBSP APPLIOATIOK FILED APR15, 1903.

H0 MODEL.

FIG.%

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WITNESSES:

flu: NORRIS PETERS 5:0. Pkwo-Lmw" wAsmNcTw. ma.

INVENTOR:

f. Jaw/L,

UNITED STATES I Patented December 22,1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING AND EMPTYING BATH-TUBS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 747,559, dated December22, 1903. Application filed April 15, 1903. Serial No. 152,636. (Nomodel.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. R. MARCH, 2. subject of the Emperor ofGermany, (but having declared my intention of becominga citizen of theUnited States,) residing at No. 5001 Florence avenue, in the city ofPhiladelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Transportingand Emptying Bath-Tubs, whereof the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to means for transporting and emptying such vesselsas childrens bath-tubs, &c., which though in one sense portable areinconvenient to use at a distance from the point of water supply ordischarge and difficult to empty after use.

In the accompanying drawingsI have illustrated the invention as appliedto a babys bath-tub of ordinary construction, indicating also the use ofthe device for emptying the contents thereof into a stationary bathtubor other stationary vessel in order to discharge them through theWaste-pipe of the latter.

In said drawings, Figure I represents an end elevation of the device;Fig. II, a side elevation thereof, and Fig. III is a View in sideelevation showing the position assumed when the babys bath-tub or othervessel is being emptied.

The babys bath-tub (indicated at A) is of any ordinary type and ismounted upon the carrier, which embodies my invention, being preferablysecured thereto by wires or cords a, which may be fastened to thehandles a at the respective ends of the tub.

The carrier comprises a rectangular platform B, having transverse slats1), upon which the bath-tub A directly rests, and a framework ofconvenient height supporting said platform. uprights C 0, connected attheir lower ends by longitudinal strips D and cross-strips D and at thelevel of the platform B by longitudinal braces E E, preferably mountedon the inner faces of the uprights, and thereby forming rests fortheplatform B, as shown clearly in Fig. I. The uprights O O at what maybe termed the front end of the device are preferably inclined, as shown,and are The framework consists of four prolonged upwardly, as indicatedat c, to a distance of, say, a little more than one-half the height ofthe bath-tub A. The platform B is provided at its front end withupwardlyprojecting portions, such as a pair of uprights B B, the upperends of which are at the same height as the ends of the prolougations co, and said uprights B B are pivotally connected to the prolongations cc by means of a transverse rod-F. Diagonal braces B ex tend from thesides of the platform B to the uprights B, and at the rear end of theplatform a handle H may be provided. The framework is mounted uponrollers G for convenience of transportation.

As before stated, the platform B is arranged at such a height from theground as will bring the bath-tub A to a convenient level when used forwashing a child or other desired purpose, and the tub,,,wh en filledwith water in this position may be easily moved from place to place.When it is desired to empty the bath-tub A, the rear end thereof israised by means of the handle H, and as the point of pivoting isrelatively high with relation to bottom of the tub it is obvious thatthe contents will be forwardly projected, so as to clear the structure.The inclination oftbe front supports 0 also permits the close approachthereof to such a receptacle as a stationary bath-tub A with inclinedsides, and thus tends to prevent any accidental spilling of the waterduring the act of discharge.

Having thus described my invention, I desire to state that I do notclaim, broadly, the pivoting of a vessel for the discharge of itscontents nor the use of a. framework supported upon casters, forI am ofcourse aware that the same are not new; but the device above describedis an exceedingly simple and practical one for transporting and emptyingvessels of this character and the features of novelty hereinafterclaimed are those which directly tend to these results.

I claim 1. The combination of an elevated, roller- I supportedframework; a platform freely supported thereon; uprights arranged at oneend of said framework and projecting above the level of said platform;upwardly-projecting pieces rigidly connected with said platform and ofsimilar height to the uprights of the framework; a pivotal connectionbetween I wholly to one side thereof, substantially as said uprights andsaid pieces, and a bath-tub, set forth.

or similar vessel,mounted upon the platform, In testimony whereof I havesigned my substantially as set forth. name to this specification, this13th day of 15 2. A supporting and transporting frame- April, 1903, inthe presence of two subscribwork, mounted on rollers; a platform restinging witnesses.

thereon; a liquid-containing vessel resting upon and attached to theplatform; a pivotal JOHN MARCH connection between the platform and thesupporting-framework, which is above the center of gravity of the vesseland its contents; and

Witnesses:

J AMES H. BELL, M. K. TRUMBORE.

